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r. v iI in anc tici noanyatirI abyTohoequsonhor anc or !glaanc A is t butNEW AND OLDis the center of- Cove Ward LDS Chape! and is of recent construction. Old Hal! belowmuch community activity, has served tnanv purposes Jor *he residents.trilofoneamMooneentonewilUtilizationOfHighCreekdlt;*rkejlot*thePrompted FoundingOf CoveentthetheontintBy FLORENCE ALLENHerald Journal Cot# CorrespondentCove U situated in the northeast part of Cache County. It isjoined on the north by the city of Franklin, Idaho, and on the west by Lewiston, Utah, the south by Richmond, Utah, and has as its easern boundary a portion of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains. This community received it sname from its semi-circle shape at the foot of the mountains.All homes of this community are connected with the Utah Power and Light system which maker it possible for modern conveniences. It is so situated that it has good lateral roads joining the state highway U.S. No, 91 within three miles of the cities of Lewiston, Richmond and Franklin and is only seventeen miles from Logan, Utah.Agriculture is and always been the basic industhy of community. Other industries dairying, poultry raising.hassarefurcattleraising, feeding of beef and dry farming. The crops grown are alfalfa, wheat, oats, barley, sugar beets, alfalfa seed and peasGrist Mil!As early as the year 1862 Goud? Hogan and William D. Hendricks built a grist mill on High Creek This mill had many difficulties in getting established, but it eventually became a paying industry, A wool carding mill was also established by the grist mill and was operated until itwas burned.In I860 the pioneer settlers of Franklin built a dam across High Creek and conducted water from the same into the country lying immediately south of Franklin Robert Gregory and Mrs. Elisa Ann Bit km ore Allen and six son* and me daughter were the first settlers who located in trict oi the country now in Cove Ward. Robert located there in 1871 family The Aliens located on the quarter section on which Cove chapel now stands. The next year Charles, Andrew and Levi Allen took up land and settled half a mile farther east. Mark P react- and other settlers arrived about the same time. In 1874 Thomas Titensor and others cast their lot with the earlier settlers, In May 1875 the settlement was furtner augmented by the arrival of John Cornish and family as well as other families. These early inhabitants of Cove lt;nearly all tame from Franklin andRichmond settled at different points below the canals which has been commenced in 1806 and afterwards enlargeddisincluded Gregory with hisLog SchoolThe first school was held in the vacant home of Andrew Lee Allen He moved to a new house farther up the road. It was a log building 12 x 14 feet The learner s desk as well as those of the pupils were made of boxes, and the seats were of slabs. The first teacher was MissAurelia Fifield Sunday Schools and meetings were held in this building for about two years It still stood in 1945 when it was deshoyed by fire. In 1876 a school district was organized, and in the summer of 1877 a from school house 18 x 26 feet was built about a mile north east of where the present meeting house now stands The schooldistrict was divided and a one room school was built up in the northeast part of the communitySometime I later the original one-room school was abandoned and a two room brick building was built on the church housesquare Then later two moreroom were built on the brickbuilding The upper district joined the lower one, and again there was only one district. Phis oneoperated until the school board deemed it advisable to consolidate the school with the Richmond school. Later the people of the community felt that the merits of the Junior High School system were best, so the children were sent to Lewiston Junior high and the high school children continued to go to North Cache High School in Richmond.Branch Organizednew chapel was dedicated.The year 1886 witnessed anumber of improvements in the warn. This yea rabout nine hundred shade trees were planted onthe meeting house grounds Theygrew' sufficiently to make abeautiful grove around the chapel which was finished in 1888Join Biggs was the first LDS missionary to be sent from Cove.erevlt;gowilprcawoIvatmaSometime during the year 1977 the Saints were organized into a ( branch of the Richmond Ward with Charles H. Alien as presi-1 dent. The early meetings were! held in private homes until the I school w as built As eary as 1877 j a Sunday School was commenced which has continued ever since, i A Rebef Society was organized1 May 12 1878 * jIn late summer, 1882 President Allen moved away from the; branch, and no one was appoint- ! ed to preside at Cove until the ward was organized on November ?8, 1882 The first bishop was John C. Larsen. jIn January of 1883 a Y.W.MJ f was organized, and a Y.L.MJ.A, was organized in November oft the same year; the Primary was also organized during 1883 In t$S4 a commencement was made by the people ol Cove for the erection of a new chapel,j This was built by donations It was just a one-room frame building 30x44 feet, but since then two additions have been made to it. j On September 17, 1950 a lovely iSince the retirement of Bishop John C. Larsen who served thirty-three years, there have been six Bishops—namely, H. Lester Bair, Levi Allen, Raymond L Allen, Joseph F Day, Ivan S. Allen and Quiuten H Shumway.histhi:poicortotheCove has twenty-five springswhich supply water for culinary*domestic and garden purposesbesides its two culinary systems which pipe the water to most of the nomes or families who do nothave their private systems.There are also four irrigationsystems which water the land of this vicinity.!tutha:aclt;aforwhtecaclt;rniasAlthough small in population, the community has been progressive in keeping up with civic organizations. There are the following organizations; Farm Bureau. 411 Clubs. Future Farmers Scoots and Daughters of Pioneers.thetarrigofBeautiful High Creek Canyon is a short drive from the community and is an ideal recreation spot j It furnishes fishing, hunting and t pleasant picnic grounds.thebluupileathefarvispoitheHORLiCHENationally FamousAPPLEWOOD SMOKEDMEjAPRODUCED AND PROCESSIN CACHE VALLEY SINCETry It OnceYou’ll Use It OftenSMOKED HAMSRegular • Boneless * Cooked • Sweet Pickle6 VARIETIES SMOKED BACON UTAH’S FINEST FRANKFURTERSNo cheap fillers'*, no peppery spices k*ddies' favorite.theSCOTCH BACON • Canadian Style BaconBACON SQUARES - Ham Hocks • Smoked RibsPICNICS • Beef Bacon • Swedish SausageKNACKWURST - Polish Sausage • BolognaBRAUNSCHWEIGER LiVERWURSTLinksKOSHER STYLE CORNED BEEF . Horlacher’sFAMOUS CHIPPED BEEFlunch loavesEight VarietiesShipped Anywhere in the U. S.WHEN WE PROSPERWE SPEND IN CACHE VALLEYHORLACHEt444 North Main Street
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The Herald Journal
Logan, Utah, US
Sun, Mar 25, 1956
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